Benzinga's Weekend M&A Chatter

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday May 20 through Sunday May 22, 2016:

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Verizon Communications Inc.

and others are expected to bid around $2 billion to $3 billion for Yahoo Inc.'s

core Internet business, according to sources as reported by the

on Friday. That's about 50% of the previous estimates of $5 billion to $8 billion. Last week Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert, with backing from Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A) chairman Warren Buffett, has entered the bid process for Yahoo. Other potential buyers include TPG Capital and Bain Capital. CNBCs David Faber said on Friday, the

was 'completely wrong' regarding Yahoo's $2 billion to $3 billion bid figure. Faber said "no one has seen numbers of that type." Yahoo fell 1.4% Friday to close at $36.50.

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EU antitrust regulators are said to conditionally approve Anheuser-Busch InBev's $100 billion-plus takeover of SABMiller

, according to sources as reported by reported by

on Friday. AB InBev agreed to sell SABMiller's Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime beer brands to Asahi Group, in order to satisfy concerns of the regulator. Anheuser-Busch InBev closed at $121.99 on Friday, down $0.36.

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A Chinese private equity fund, backed by Hong-Kong's Buttonwood Finance is in talks to acquire Aixtron SE (NASDAQ; AIXG), according to sources as reported by

on Friday. The sources said a deal could value Aixtron at approximately $695 million. Aixtron declined comment on the rumor. Aixtron closed at $5.48 on Friday, up 9.6%.